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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION November 2, 2009 APPROVED 1 CITY OF LINO LAKES 2 MINUTES 3 CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION 4 5 DATE : November 2, 2009 6 TIME STARTED : 5:45 p.m. 7 TIME ENDED : 8:20 p.m. 8 MEMBERS PRESENT : Council Members Gallup, O'Donnell 9 Reinert, and Mayor Bergeson 10 MEMBERS ABSENT : none 11 12 13 Also Present: Acting City Administrator Dan Tesch; Director of Public Safety Dave Pecchia; 14 Community Development Director Michael Grochala; City Planner Paul Bengtson; City Attorney 15 Joseph Langel; Economic Development Coordinator Mary Alice Divine; City Clerk Julie Bartell 16 17 1. Ordinance language enabling reverse mortgages—City Attorney Langel reported that 18 he spoke with the bank involved about the situation with the DeHaven's reverse mortgage 19 request. While it was originally thought that they would need to split their lot, it has come to 20 light that rather than a split the bank's concern is now that the city has a restriction on the deed 21 and they want that removed. 22 Martha DeHaven, 1612 Birch Street, told the council that she and her husband went through a 23 lengthy process attempting to secure a second mortgage on their property. Three years later,the 24 market isn't making that possible but they now find themselves with a covenant on their property 25 that is causing a problem. Their attorney has suggested that they seek advice and assistance 26 from the city to have it removed. 27 Community Development Director Grochala remarked that the city has no need for the 28 declaration attached to the property so therefore would not have a problem if the DeHavens have 29 it removed. 30 The council concurred that the intent of helping the DeHavens has been to devise a system or a 31 trail that would be helpful to like residents who wish to stay in their homes. They directed the 32 city attorney to work with the DeHaven's attorney as necessary to assist in developing or defining 33 what is needed for the purpose of assisting with whatever the bank is now requiring for 34 financing. 35 2. Establishing 501(c)3 for Lino Lakes Volunteers in Police Services 36 Organization - Police Chief Pecchia noted that his department is in the process of exploring the 37 option of creating a non-profit organization (501c3) to serve as a fiscal resource to volunteer 38 groups that work with them. He reviewed information distributed showing the amount of 39 services and hours the volunteer organizations provide to the department. He noted the groups 40 involved, the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), Interns, Public Safety Citizens 1